Fife Council election 2003

Fife Council election, 2003

← 1999 3 May 2003 (2003-05-03) 2007 →
All 78 seats to Fife Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Anne McGovern Party Labour Liberal Democrats SNP Leader's seat The Lochs Last election 43 seats 23 seats, 11 seats, Seats before 38 21 9 Seats won 36 . 11 Seats after 23 Seat change 7 2 3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Conservative Leader's seat Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay Last election 6 seats, 2 seats, Seats before 2 2 Seats won 6 2 Seat change 4
Results by ward.
Council Leader before election Christine May Labour Council Leader after election Anne McGovern Labour

Christine May
Labour

Anne McGovern
Labour

2003 Elections to Fife Council were held on 3 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament election. The election was the last one to use plurality (first past the post) system of election to elected the 78 individual councillors.

Turnout was 46.2%

Labour continued to control the council as a minority, having only 38 seats going into the election. Labour won 43 seats in 1999 elections but lost 5 seats in by-elections during the course of there term in office, but remained having the largest share of the vote and numbers of councillors. SNP, Liberal Democrats and independents all increase there share of the vote and number of councillors.

In Order of the ward numbers:

Ward 2:

* David C. Arnott Scottish Labour Party Candidate 801

* Alexander Maxwell Ind 1,191

* John Simpson Scottish Labour Party Candidate 889

* James Brennan Scottish Labour Party Candidate 770

Andrew Paterson (Lab) 857 Tracy Cumming (SNP) 383 Niall Dowds (Lib Dem) 124 Majority 474

Majority 118

Peter C. Douglas (Lib Dem) 1037 John B. Steven (Con) 748 Lilian Rooney (SSP) 118 Margaret Russell (Labour) 177 Majority 289

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